I personally don't consider it a coincidence that Carraghers downturn in form coincided with our demise as a squad. For me, during 05-08 he was up there with the top defenders in the World, along with Sami he formed arguably one of the best CB partnerships around. Agree with Scottbot that for a few seasons he truly was a top class centre half.
But inevitably age has caught up with him, hes not washed up and simply a carthorse hoofing machine as some on here would like to make out. But the time has come for him to take more of a backseat advisory role, as opposed to playing every game a season. Skrtel for me should be one of the first names on the team sheet, he has his dodgy moments as do most CB's, but in terms of stability and reliability hes the best we have IMO. Agger, while being one of the best ball playing CB's we've had since Hansen isn't as fantastic at defending as some would like to admit. Soto im afraid is a reliability and Kelly needs moulding in to the position.
Desperate for us to sign a top class CB, who I personally would have partnering Skrtel, rotating with Agger. Move the big Greek on (Sorry Soto), get Carra doing his badges while using him sparingly and mold Kelly in to CB with as many games as possible. Still think the future looks pretty bright defensively.
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